Shadow Commander (KO)

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Shadow Commander (KO) Review
To most people KO is a dirty word for toys, especially Transformers Toy. We like our Transformers toys to click and fold together the way it should be, and most case KO toys just don't do that. KO toys often have bad mode, poor paint job, and sometimes is just down right ugly.
KO toys have came a long way. Manufacturer have realized that, if they produce high quality KO, they can have a great product. That kind of thinking gave birth to many 3rd party companies.
This KO version of Shadow Commander is the fruit of all those refinement. Lets start whats so good about this Figure. The Paint job for SC is really good. As you can see from the picture, paint job are paint to exact location with out bleaching in to other area. The quality of the paint is great too. You can see glitter effect with in the blue paint, it give this metallic feeling. The connector point for transformation is exact to the point. No more forcing connector together, each connection point connect very well to each other. The figure will transform effortlessly, and lock in together very solid. The toy is also very detail. As you can see in the picture, every detail grove, panel, face, are all very well done. The best thing I like about this figure is got to be the joint. Every joint is secured by a screw! What that mean is that you can adjust the stiffness on every joint!! No more lose arms, or legs! This can lead to extreme possibility which is another plus for this figure!
Now lets talk about what need to be improved. There isn't really much I can picked out that is a major issue with the figure. The cuple of things I can see I have issue with is that smoke stack gun barrel holes are painted on, it would of been nicer if is an actual barrel hole. The second thing is that some of the wheel rim hole are not fully punched through. I'm sure with some small tool you can punch your own, and easily fix it.
There is an unexpected surprise this KO figure have. The figure is made with high quality plastic!! There are 2 facts to that. One is that the figure is kind of heavy, a sign of high quality plastic is used to make this figure. The other, is that after many transformation, I can't find a single stress mark. Poor plastic quality always show stress mark. This toy can really take abuse.
Conclusion
I highly recommend this figure. For only a fraction of the price of the original one, you might be even getting something that is better in quality. I have enjoyed owning this toy very much, and I hope other who bought it will enjoy it as well!